One Ukrainian Summer : A memoir about falling in love and coming of age in the former USSR

by Groskop, Viv | Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)
Published 23/05/2024 by Bonnier Books Ltd in the United Kingdom
Hardback | 192 pages
223 x 143 x 20mm | 308g

'A memoir that captivates and delights. Fabulous' - Nina StibbeInstead, she finds herself immersed in Bogdan Bogdanovich - the lead guitarist of a Ukrainian punk rock band. As the temperature drops, he promises that if she can get through the freezing Russian winter, he will give her 'one Ukrainian summer.' But is he serious about her? Or is she just another groupie?At parties, gigs and dive bars, Viv and her new friends argue over whose turn it is to buy cigarettes, the best places to find Levi's jeans and whether beer counts as a soft drink. No-one debates the merits of speaking Ukrainian over Russian, the precise location of the border or the undeniable brightness of the future. Of course good times are here to stay. Because the Soviet Union is finished. Isn't it?A poignant and often comical account of coming-of-age in the time after the Cold War and before Putin, One Ukrainian Summer is a love letter to a unique moment in history.

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